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Memorandum of Instructions Dealing with Distribution of Oil in Pelousion

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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 1936
Find spot: Pelousion, province of Augustamnica, Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Vth/VIth century A.D.
Date: Vth/VIth century A.D.
Date range: 500 CE – 599 CE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 24.5 x 29.3 cm']
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Description

Two memoranda containing related instructions from the office of the scrinium canonum (Revenue department), dealing with distribution (not free dole, but subsidized sale?) of oil in Pelousion, and intended as basic guidelines for letters to be sent to municipal officials of this city

The same text in other collections

Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 35626. Each record below describes this same ancient text from a different angle.

p.mich.18.795 DDbDP-text textPelusionV - VI
Oil for Pelousion HGV-meta PelusionV - VI

Connections

Found at Pelousion

Cross-references (4)

TM-Text 35626 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.1550 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.mich;18;795 tier-1
HGV-Text 35626 tier-1

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